James W. Tollefson and Amy BM Tsui (eds). Medium of Instruction Policies: Which Agenda? Whose Agenda?

Abstract:

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates has steadily increased its position as one of the world’s leading publishers of works related to language, and this volume continues the trend. As the authors point out, a “revival of interest in language-policy research has contributed to growing awareness that medium-of-instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in) equality”(p. vii). The fourteen chapters cover minority languages in English-dominant states, language in post-colonial states, and managing and exploiting language conflict. Their settings include Aotearoa/New Zealand, Wales, the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Leyte (the Philippines), India, South Africa, Bolivia, Ecuador and Slovenia. With such a broad range from scholars positioned across the globe, the …

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2005

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